J’lem, Beit Shemesh among closures • Cases climb past 1,000 in 24 hours
Police officers close synagogues and handing out fines to ultra orthodox Jews at the Bukharim quarter in Jerusalem, following the government's decisions, in an effort to contain the spread of the coronavirus, April 17, 2020(photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH 90)ByMAAYAN JAFFE-HOFFMAN